Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210714
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '21 at 16:32
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 501 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9316 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.7 Reflection 5.7 Parallax 8.4 6% 6.93 fps	Gravity 9.7 Splatting 0.2 4% 4.95 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.8% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 41 Parallax 37.8 30% 38.4 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 27.4 27% 33.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 159 157 156 154 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1502 Write 1,029 Mixed 428 SusWrite 212 175% 793 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 39.1 173% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 477 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 317 247% 345 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 134GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 113 116 114 113 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	52% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 186 Mixed 145 SusWrite 117 31% 136 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 23.8 110% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 136 114% 164 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 309 309 306 284 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 434 Mixed 377 SusWrite 310 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 58.7 184% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 169 179% 297 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Jmicron Tech 500GB 1,136 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 311GB free Firmware: 0407 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 33 0 47 59 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 102 Write 96.6 Mixed 45 SusWrite 42.2 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 65%
Rsh-339 ASM1153E 2TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 432GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 35 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 35.4 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 37.3 26% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 102%
ASMT 2115 250GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 163GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 229 232 220 182 231 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 225 Write 196 Mixed 139 SusWrite 213 258% 193 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 17.1 1,519% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 36.2 DQ Mixed 18.7 1,937% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 2x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 89%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	960x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	711x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	467x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	461x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	109x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	92x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	78x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	65x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16